Trading Memecoins on Axiom: Full Walkthrough + Pro Tips

Finance-focused summary (Memecoin trading on Axiom)

Disclosures / disclaimers

• Not financial advice: “I am not a financial adviser and nothing in this video should be considered financial or investment advice. It’s just educational content…”
• The discussion of the platform is educational, though it’s described as somewhat promotional.

Instruments / tickers / assets mentioned

• Blockchain/Network: Solana (noted as “Salana” in subtitles)
• Memecoins (examples): wif, Bonk
• Trading platform / protocol mentions:
  • Axiom (trading terminal)
  • Hyperliquid (mentioned in the context of perpetual trading and prior “airdrop” comparison)
  • SoulScan
• No traditional equities/ETFs/bonds/FX tickers were mentioned.

Key numbers / performance metrics / explicit figures

Axiom traction / revenue claims

• $1.5 million in a single day
• over $100 million in total

Axiom incentives

• “Points program” expected to lead to an airdrop (amount not quantified)
• Up to 30% of trading fees rakeback via points/rewards

Order execution settings / slippage examples

• If slippage is set too low (example): 1% on an illiquid token → ~99% failure rate (per speaker)
• Recommended slippage: 10% or even 15%+ for brand-new memecoins (illiquid/high volatility scenarios)
• Additional execution guidance: raise slippage to ensure the order confirms.

Discovery / selection framework (time windows)

• Pulse search includes: “spike in both volume and the number of holders in the last hour”
• Mentions tokens “born 5 minutes ago” (implies fast execution is critical)

Risk management / position sizing numbers

• “Silo” allocation: 5%–15% of total crypto portfolio
• Max risk per trade (default): 1%–2% of the memecoin account
• Aggressive case: up to 5% (only if “really really confident”)
• Example account ring-fenced: $2,000
  • 1% rule → $20 max per trade
• Survival framing: could be wrong 100 times before being “washed out” under the example sizing

Profit-taking / exit levels

• “2x rule”: if the token doubles, sell half to recoup initial capital
• Tiered scaling out:
  • additional sells at 3x and 5x

Volatility magnitude mentioned

• Potential drawdowns: 60%–90% before rebounds/multiples

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Platform methodology / step-by-step framework (“Hunter playbook”)

1) Use Axiom’s “three components” as the workflow

• Pulse dashboard (discovery)

  • Scan Solana for new/trending assets
  • Metrics/columns used:
    • Trending score (momentum/mind share)
    • Volume
    • Liquidity
    • Holder count (caution: easy to game because it reflects unique wallet addresses)

• Trackers (smart money tracking / wallet stalking)

  • Input wallet address or X handle
  • Live feed of what wallets are buying/selling
  • “Alpha” sourcing ideas:
    • Start from top holders of coins that already “mooned” (examples: wif, Bonk)
    • Use SoulScan to find wallets that got in early and held
    • Possibly source “alpha hunters” from X
  • Caveat: large balances don’t guarantee skill—don’t copy blindly.

• Trading terminal (execution precision)

  • Focus on:
    • Order types: market vs limit
    • Slippage setting

2) Execution rules: order types + slippage

• Market orders

  • Buy immediately at the current price (fast, but price may be worse)

• Limit orders

  • Set an exact price (more control, but may not fill)

• Slippage

  • Don’t set slippage too low; example: 1% can cause failures on illiquid tokens
  • For brand-new memecoins, may need 10% or even 15%+ to get fills
  • Goal: ensure the order confirms

3) The repeatable “hunt” system (leads → confluence → vet → trade)

Leads (Pulse setup)

Filter for:

• High trending score
• Low market cap (momentum but “room to run”)
• Spikes in volume and holder count in the last hour

Confluence (Trackers)

• Check whether followed “whale/smart money” wallets are buying the same token
• Interprets this as signal confluence (with a note that copy-trading effects can become self-fulfilling)

5-minute vetting checklist (avoid scams / rug risk)

1. Liquidity check

   • Confirm liquidity is locked or burned
   • Unlocked liquidity is a hard pass (developers can rug and send token to zero)

2. Holder distribution (via SoulScan)

   • Red flag: top 10 wallets hold ~40% of supply
   • Use bubble maps to identify wallet clusters (insiders can split holdings across wallets)

3. Contract check

   • Renounced contract
   • Renounced implies the creator can’t change rules (e.g., disabling sells)

4. “Vibe check”

   • Review X/Telegram for genuine activity vs forced engagement/spam from bots/LLMs

5. Website narrative

   • Should have a clear, funny/compelling story
   • Avoid “cookie cutter template” (described as a low-effort cash grab)

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Risk management & performance framework (explicit recommendations)

• Core principle: memecoins are PvP; protect capital first.
• Capital-at-risk rule
  • Only trade crypto you’d be “100% willing to set on fire”
  • But risk as little as possible

Portfolio siloing

• Create a separate trading account/wallet/mental bucket for memecoins
• Cap total memecoin exposure at 5%–15% of total crypto portfolio

Position sizing

• Risk no more than 1%–2% per trade (up to 5% only if “really really confident”)
• Example: $2,000 ring-fenced → $20 max at 1% risk

Exit plan (decided before entry)

• Taking profits

  • 2x rule: sell half after 2x to reclaim initial stake
  • Tiered scaling out: sell at 3x and 5x, let remainder ride

• Cutting losses

  • Prefer a “mental stop-loss” / invalidation point
  • Invalidation point = where the trade thesis is proven wrong
  • Speaker emphasizes: don’t move stops; accept losses to preserve capital
  • Alternative framing: stop-out effectively if the coin goes to zero

Volatility tolerance

• Expect 60%–90% swings on low market cap coins
• Size positions so a full loss to zero matches what you can emotionally/financially tolerate

Behavioral caution

• Avoid FOMO
• Stick to the plan

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Explicit recommendations/cautions extracted

• Don’t treat memecoins like lottery tickets; failure is framed as gambling, not luck.
• Don’t infer “community strength” solely from holder count (it can be gamed via multiple wallets).
• Don’t “ape in” without checks: liquidity lock + distribution + contract + vibe + website.
• Execution caution: set slippage realistically—too-low slippage can fail orders.
• Risk caution:
  • Strict position sizing (1%–2% max risk/trade typical)
  • Silo memecoin capital (5%–15% of total crypto)
• Exit caution: decide profit-taking and invalidation before buying to prevent “round trip” behavior.

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Presenters / sources

• Presenter: Lewis (channel host; “This Lewis signing off.”)
• Platform/source referenced: Axiom
• External tools mentioned: Hyperliquid, SoulScan, bubble maps (as a technique/tool), and “token screeners” via Google rug-check (no specific names given).